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demand. "We stock spare parts,
accessories, and tires in the USA
at our warehouse in Pennsylvania.
We're still a small company and
growing everyday so we are con-
stantly expanding our inventory
to match the needs of the market
here as we sell more bikes."
To ensure the Ohvale craze
doesn't become a passing fad,
Cretu has been partnering with
various mini race organizations
across the country, including a
tie-in with MotoAmerica.
"We're working with all the
mini racing organizations to
incorporate the Ohvales into
their current racing classes,"
says Cretu. "We will have demo
bikes embedded with NJMiniGP
in the Northeast, SFLMiniGP in
the Southeast, and M1GP on the
West Coast so people are able to
go and see them in person and
try them out.
"Beyond that, we are working
with MotoAmerica to create a
National Ohvale Championship
that runs alongside their series at
select tracks across the country,
and we hope to implement this
by 2020.
"For 2019, we are having a
special event alongside Mo-
toAmerica at Pittsburgh which
will be similar to a Red Bull Rook-
portunity with the Ohvale name
to not just bring back some glory
to American road racing, but
open the sport up to families.
"Once you are able to make
road racing easily accessible and
affordable to kids/families then it
will begin to grow from the bottom
up in my opinion," Cretu said. "An
Ohvale is the equivalent to a KTM
SX65 or SX85, which are the
benchmark bikes in youth mo-
tocross. Parents can buy one of
those bikes and their kid can go
(Left) Doesn't that Arrow
exhaust look racy as all
heck?! (Below) Captain
bobblehead had a ton
of fun on the Ohvale,
but the knees were
pretty sore at the end
of the day. The Ohvale
will suit anyone under
5'10". Any taller, and you
better be flexible.
ies Cup format. We are bringing
16 of GP-0 160s over from Italy,
and kids aged 10-14 will submit
an entry and if accepted, pay
the entry fee. Then all they do is
show up, get assigned a bike,
and race for the weekend. The
winner will get to keep their mo-
torcycle and the top two will be
sent to Italy to race in the Italian
Ohvale National Championship
final in October."
Cretu knows he's got an
equally big responsibility and op-
